ME Upper: LOTS OF PRESSIN' - Heaviest Bench of Prep (w/VIDEO)

I’m currently in meet prep for the 2016 APF Equipped Nationals, in Orlando, Florida on May 28th, 2016. I will be competing at 132 pounds, raw with knee wraps. The big picture is to prep for this meet, and obtain a top three placing to qualify for WPC Worlds in November.

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Sunday called for my heaviest bench press training day of meet prep. Overall, this was a pretty good session. My allergies really started to get to me as the weather is changing, and this is never anything new. I don't need to take medication for it, as it tends to go away within a week or two, but it just makes my head feel like a water balloon. More of a pain in the ass than anything else. As such, I didn't push things nearly as hard I would have liked, but I still hit some great lifts, and am please with how my bench press is feeling. I can't say as of yet if the wide grip pressing is paying off, but I feel like it's not be as pronounced as my close grip was last training cycle. I'll just need to analyze it after meet day, as that could change things up a bit after some rest. Anyways, now that all the heaviest work is done, it's time to round out the week with some speed and rep work, and then take openers over the weekend, and I'm done. It's the bittersweet part of prep.

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Items Used in this Training Session Shoulder Saver Monster Mini Band Mini Bands

Warm Up Band Straight Arm Lat Pulldowns - 1x15 Band Pressdowns - 1x15 Band Face Pulls - 1x15 Band Flys - 1x15 Band Rows - 1x15 Band Curls - 1x15 Push Ups - 1x15

A1) Bench Press 45x10 95x5 135x5 185x3 225x2 255x1 285x2 300x2 320x1 330x1 340x1 - 1 board 350x1 - 1 board; PR

B1) Close Grip Shoulder Saver Bench Press 135x6 185x6 225x6 255x6 275x6 - PR

C1) Single Arm Incline Band Tate Press 4x10 per arm

D1) Decline DB Skull Crushers 4x10

E1) Close Grip Push Ups 100 total reps

F1) Standing Band External Rotations 4x25

G1) Oblique Crunches off GHR 3x20 per side